TENNIS SCORES. Roger Federer beats Nagal after a slow start in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

Roger Federer tops Sumit Nagal 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in New York on Monday. Federer will face Damir Dzumhur in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Federer conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Nagal in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, Sumit managed to stage a good comeback to break the Swiss in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Federer had a favorable start in this set after breaking Nagal in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Federer managed to boost his lead after breaking Sumit in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Roger won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

Federer had a favorable start in this set after breaking Nagal in the 1^st game (1-0). Roger improved his lead after breaking the Indian in the 5^th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

4^th set.

Federer was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Nagal in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Roger to win the set since Nagal succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (2-2) game. The Swiss kept his focus to break Sumit in the 5^th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between Federer and Nagal is 1-0 for Roger.

Highlights Roger Federer vs. Sumit Nagal U.S. Open – New York

Federer’s Interview

After the match, Roger commented “I think trying to forget the first set is never easy I guess in a first round, under the lights. People expect a different result. I expect something else. I just wanted to pick up my game really, start to play better. I was able to do that. That was a relief, going up 3-Love in the second set, realising that it is on my racquet.”

Next Match: Roger Federer vs. Damir Dzumhur – stats

Federer will face Dzumhur in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Roger Federer and Damir Dzumhur play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Federer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Federer won 6-1 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Wimbledon back in 2015.

Tennis Scores at the Us Open

• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-2 6-7⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-4 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-7² 7-6⁵ 7-6⁶ 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-1 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Hugo DellienDellien – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-4 2-6 2-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Sumit NagalNagal (4-6 6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-1 6-7² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Guido PellaPella (6-3 4-6 7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic (3-6 6-1 7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Jack SockSock (6-4 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Tomas BerdychBerdych (6-1 2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Christopher EubanksEubanks (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-6⁴ 6-4 4-6 6-7⁵ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (3-6 6-1 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (3-6 6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 7-6² 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-6⁷ 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Steve DarcisDarcis (7-5 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Richard BerankisBerankis – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 3-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roger FedererFederer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-0) – See H2H details
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – See H2H details
• Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Tobias KamkeKamke (1-0) – See H2H details
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jeremy ChardyChardy (5-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – See H2H details
• Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (2-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (3-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-3) – See H2H details
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – See H2H details
• Martin KlizanKlizan – Marin CilicCilic (0-4) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – See H2H details
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – See H2H details
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – See H2H details
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (1-0) – See H2H details
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis KudlaKudla – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-1) – See H2H details
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Robin HaaseHaase (0-5) – See H2H details
• Hugo DellienDellien – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – See H2H details
• Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Gilles SimonSimon (1-1) – See H2H details
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – See H2H details
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Pablo AndujarAndujar (1-1) – See H2H details
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Brayden SchnurSchnur – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (0-0) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – See H2H details
• Borna CoricCoric – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (1-0) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – See H2H details
• Antoine HoangHoang – Leonardo MayerMayer (0-0) – See H2H details
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marcel GranollersGranollers (0-1) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-1) – See H2H details
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (1-0) – See H2H details
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Marius CopilCopil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – See H2H details